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Portfolio reviews: what mentors actually look for
Portfolio reviews in our Career Switch Intensive focus on narrative, not polish. Mentors scan for reproducible setup steps, decision logs, and metrics you chose — even if the metric is modest, like reducing test runtime by 18%.
We discourage dumping twelve half-finished repos. Instead, we ask for two deep projects with architecture diagrams and a short Loom-style walkthrough script. Jiwon Baek's coaching sessions spend time on the first 90 seconds of that walkthrough.
Specific course tie-ins matter. If you cite Python for Software Engineering, mention the capstone service boundaries you defended in code review. Generic "built an app" blurbs do not survive panel questions.
Finally, we check license clarity on assets and fonts. Uncredited stock imagery has stalled offers for two alumni — an avoidable snag we now flag early.